specified, a blank <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command>
         template is presented for editing.
        </para>

        <para>
        If a line number is specified, <application>psql</application> will
        position the cursor on the specified line of the function body.
        (Note that the function body typically does not begin on the first
        line of the file.)
        </para>

        <para>
        Unlike most other meta-commands, the entire remainder of the line is
        always taken to be the argument(s) of <command>\ef</command>, and neither
        variable interpolation nor backquote expansion are performed in the
        arguments.
        </para>

        <tip>
        <para>
        See <xref linkend="app-psql-environment"/>, below, for how to
        configure and customize your editor.
        </para>
        </tip>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="app-psql-meta-command-encoding">
        <term><literal>\encoding [ <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable> ]</literal></term>

        <listitem>
        <para>
        Sets the client character set encoding.  Without an argument, this command
        shows the current encoding.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="app-psql-meta-command-errverbose">
        <term><literal>\errverbose</literal></term>

        <listitem>
        <para>
        Repeats the most recent server error message at maximum
        verbosity, as though <varname>VERBOSITY</varname> were set
        to <literal>verbose</literal> and <varname>SHOW_CONTEXT</varname> were
        set to <literal>always</literal>.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="app-psql-meta-command-ev">
        <term><literal>\ev <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">view_name</replaceable> <optional>  <replaceable class="parameter">line_number</replaceable> </optional> </optional> </literal></term>

        <listitem>
        <para>
         This command fetches and edits the definition of the named view,
         in the form of a <command>CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW</command> command.
         Editing is done in the same way as for <literal>\edit</literal>.
         If you quit the editor without saving, the statement is discarded.
         If you save and exit the editor, the updated command is executed immediately
         if you added a semicolon to it.  Otherwise it is redisplayed;
         type semicolon or <literal>\g</literal> to send it, or <literal>\r</literal>
         to cancel.
        </para>

        <para>
         If no view is specified, a blank <command>CREATE VIEW</command>
         template is presented for editing.
        </para>

        <para>
         If a line number is specified, <application>psql</application> will
         position the cursor on the specified line of the view definition.
        </para>

        <para>
        Unlike most other meta-commands, the entire remainder of the line is
        always taken to be the argument(s) of <command>\ev</command>, and neither
        variable interpolation nor backquote expansion are performed in the
        arguments.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="app-psql-meta-command-f">
        <term><literal>\f [ <replaceable class="parameter">string</replaceable> ]</literal></term>

        <listitem>
        <para>
        Sets the field separator for unaligned query output. The default
        is the vertical bar (<literal>|</literal>). It is equivalent to
        <command>\pset fieldsep</command>.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="app-psql-meta-command-g">
        <term><literal>\g [ (<replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable>=<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> [...]) ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable> ]</literal></term>
        <term><literal>\g [ (<replaceable